Albertus Magnus College: Kerry Alys Robinson, the founding executive director and global ambassador of the Leadership Roundtable.
College of St. Scholastica: Fred de Sam Lazaro, the journalist.
Curry College: John Fish, the civic and philanthropic leader.
Farmingdale State College of the State University of New York: Kristina M. Johnson, chancellor of SUNY.

Provost, who had said university was ending its support for university press this year, extends it for another year and suggests more support could be coming in the future. New approach comes amid widespread criticism.

Sociologist at the Connecticut liberal arts college who studies whiteness is again in trouble for his comments about race, but his college has his back -- more than it did in 2017. He blames this wave of backlash on an ongoing fight over club dedicated to preserving the Western tradition.

Community College of Philadelphia: U.S. representative Dwight Evans.
Dominican University of California: Joanna Hoffman, one of the original members of both the Apple Computer Macintosh team and the NeXT team.

Bethel College: Ian Lightcap of the Center for Sustainable Energy at the University of Notre Dame.
Boston College: Isabel Capeloa Gil, president of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.
Buffalo State of the State University of New York: Jesse L. Martin, the actor.
Colorado School of Mines: Bruce Grewcock, chairman and CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc.

After controversy over professor who turned down student request for a recommendation because she planned to study in Israel, Michigan says faculty members should base such decisions "solely on educational and professional reasons," not on politics.

Democrats are talking more about how failures happen across the higher education system, not just at for-profit colleges -- their traditional punching bag. So can they agree with Republicans on new standards for all colleges?